Life

Exploring Campania

Snippets from explorations around the capital of Campania and environs, and not a lot of talk. These are 1000-word scenes for sure.

Feeling cheffy

Feeling cheffy

What makes you feel cheffy? What tasks in the kitchen seem like “real chef” things to do, and make you feel like you’ve upped your game? Here are mine.

May letters

May letters

Letters from May. Snips from letters I write to friends and family – a different look at lockdown under the pandemic.

Foolish letters

Foolish letters

Long letters to family and friend, cut down into bite-size nuggets for your dipping pleasure. These are from April, 2020.

Because I know you missed it

Because I know you missed it

I know you’re eager to catch up with my cooking and eating. It’s hard to be away from this riveting excitement for long – I get it. Back with a new edition.

Letters to my aunt

Letters to my aunt

Letters helped me keep connected and burn off the anxiety that burbled during the first weeks of lockdown. Here are some excerpts.

From Russia with love

From Russia with love

Time travel with me to Russia. This is a trip from 2004 – before I blogged. Looking at the pictures brings it all back!

Corona, time and pastry

Corona, time and pastry

A momentous time of doing nothing and everything. Capturing how it felt for posterity is not corny at all.

Quite a week.

Quite a week.

What to be proud of in the USA, 2020 edition.

What’s up, my multitude?

What’s up, my multitude?

What I do when I am not cooking and eating, and then, again, what I’m cooking and eating.